
Website State of Utah
Job Description:
The Health and Human Services Section of the Attorney General’s Office seeks a dynamic attorney with five or more years of experience to represent the Utah Department of Human Services (DHS). The selected applicant will split their time by co-locating with the Utah State Hospital in Provo and with DHS at the Multi-Agency State Office Building in Salt Lake City.
Job Responsibilities:
- Drafts litigation working documents; prepares documents consisting of concise decisions based upon facts of case interpretations of law and compliance with state and federal standards.
- Determine needs in discovery, and/or completes discovery; participates in decision making and strategy sessions in preparing cases for court and determining evidence to be used.
- Conduct conferences with defendants and/or attorneys and negotiate settlements.
- Prepares cases by conducting legal research and gathering evidence.
- May be required to travel to various locations and stay overnight.
- Represents the state or the employing agency in lawsuits, grievances, and complaints.
- Provides consultation, makes recommendations, gives appropriate advice, and/or facilitates decisions.
- Represents clients at formal or informal hearings.
- Receives, researches and responds to incoming questions or complaints; provides information, explains policy and procedures, and/or facilitates a resolution.
- Writes or drafts correspondence, reports, documents and/or other written materials.
Job Requirements:
- perform legal research using case law and appropriate techniques
- communicate information and ideas clearly, and concisely, in writing; read and understand information presented in writing
- make a decision or solve a problem by using logic to identify key facts, explore alternatives, and propose quality solutions
- provide consultation and/or expert advice or testimony
- deal with people in a manner which shows sensitivity, tact, and professionalism
- understand and apply case and statutory law
- civil and criminal justice laws
- use logic to analyze or identify underlying principles, reasons, or facts associated with information or data to draw conclusions
- applicable laws, rules, regulations and/or policies and procedures
- laws, legal codes, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, the democratic political process, and legislative history
- read, interpret and apply laws, rules, regulations, policies and/or procedures
- rules of evidence
- laws governing access to public and private records (Government Records Access and Management Act)
- agency and/or organizational program(s)
- evaluate information against a set of standards
- speak clearly, concisely and effectively; listen to, and understand, information and ideas as presented verbally
- legal processes and procedures
Job Details:
Company: State of Utah
Vacancy Type: Full Time
Job Functions: Others
Job Location: Orem, UT, US
Application Deadline: N/A
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